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2017 Targets for El Negrito

Reaching Everyone

We will reach 85% coverage in 2016. This will constitute a leap of 28% simply through the strengthening of 20 water and sanitation committees to improve their administrative practices, tariff levels, and water quality best practices (chlorination of systems).

Achieving Forever

Water service depends on strong water committees, and in 2016 we will raise our sustainability to 85% by building the capacity of 20 water committees as well as supporting water resources management at the municipal level including the formal protection of two watersheds and the formation of a Local Supervisory and Control Unit to provide additional technical support to water committees.

12%

Progress To Everyone: Water

Communities With Adequate Water Service

-16%

-18%

Behind The Data

2016

Water For People continuously refines our metrics to capture usable data. In 2016, we have sharpened our focus from whether a given community has access to water service to whether there is access for every household in that community. This change puts Water For People at the leading edge of the new Sustainable Development Goal for water (SDG6). However, in establishing a more rigorous baseline for service, it has also lowered our scores in some cases, particularly where the government standard is a piped connection to every home, as in Central America. Specific analysis of monitoring results will be available soon in the sections called Behind the Data, linked to each district page.

2015

El Negrito has two significant challenges to its water supply: the water resource itself has been degraded due to climate change, and as a very large district it is expensive for the local government to maintain appropriate levels of service. Unfortunately, committee tariffs have also been insufficient to cover needed operation and maintenance. To mitigate El Negrito's water resource problem the municipality is working to fight the negative water supply trend by forming a commission to buy watersheds to purchase and protect the land around water sources. Water For People is advocating for household micrometers, which raises awareness around water usage by matching use to payment.

2014

Expansion of service to new communities, as well as the aging of established systems, has caused a temporary 3.5% drop in levels of service since 2011. Water For People deepened the power of our monitoring in 2014 with the addition of water quality as a metric. The short-term effect was a dip in scores; the long-term impact will be a faster road to EF.

Data has a 5% margin of error

What’s our progress toward building sustainability for water service in El Negrito?

0%

Progress To Forever: Water

Communities With Sustainable Water Service

8%

-19%

Behind The Data

2015

While 90% of the communities have established water and sanitation committees, and 80% of them have a water tariff on the books, available funds still aren't sufficient to cover operation and maintenance costs. There is still much to be done in creating a culture of "payment for water," including a willingness to pay higher tariffs and share financial records.

2014

Levels of sustainability in El Negrito have decreased slightly (2.4%) since the baseline in 2011, however there was a significant decrease between 2012 and 2014. This shows that there is a clear need for the municipal government to invest in human resources commensurate with the sheer size of the district and its many water and sanitation committees. Still, targeted water committees have been strengthened in administrative skills and are showing improvements in financial management and transparency.

Progress To Everyone Forever: Schools And Clinics

Percentage With Adequate & Sustainable Water& Sanitation Services

-12%

-7%

Behind The Data

2015

Levels of service in schools and clinics was 70% in 2015, a drop of 13% since 2014. This drop in service is closely related to drops in levels of community water systems, since schools are supplied by the same water systems as communities. Challenges in 2015 included a reduction in water supply attributed to climate change, and very low levels of water quality from lack of chlorination of community systems. Availability of soap and maintenance of school water and sanitation infrastructure also presented challenges.

2014

Levels of water and sanitation service at schools and clinics in El Negrito remain relatively high due in part to annual investments by Water For People and the municipal government to support school infrastructure construction or rehabilitation. Parents, teachers, and students lead operation and maintenance of school water and sanitation infrastructure to ensure it continues to function effectively.